Reading Time: 3 minutes Boeing Co. landed an $18.6 billion deal with Qatar Airways for as many as 100 aircraft, providing a sales boost to the US company’s upgraded 737 jetliner with one of the year’s largest commercial aeroplane deals. The Doha-based carrier pledged to buy as many as 60 of the 737 Max 8 jet, valued at $6.9 […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Cessna Citation Longitude made its successful first flight from the company’s east campus Beech Field Airport in Wichita on Saturday, parent company Textron Aviation announced. This comes less than a year after the company unveiled the new super-midsize business jet last year at the NBAA Convention. “Today’s successful first flight of the Citation Longitude […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Business jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation has delivered its first Falcon 8X to launch customer Amjet Executive. The handover ceremony took place at the manufacturer’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility on Wednesday (local time). The Falcon 8X is an update of Dassault’s existing Falcon 7X and designed to enable non-stop flights such as Sydney-Mumbai, Hong Kong-London or Beijing-Los Angeles. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated the Airbus C295W medium transport as an airborne tanker. The C295W, equipped with a palletized air-to-air refuelling unit and associated computer control system, conducted multiple contacts with a standard Spanish Air Force C295 in a test flight on 29 September. Both crews reported extremely smooth operation at various […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Department of the Army has awarded a contract to the Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) – a joint venture of Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney – for the development and demonstration of advanced engine capabilities that could be applicable to a new fleet of future vertical lift combat helicopters. The contract, part of […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pratt & Whitney Canada’s engines cover the spectrum, from the hugely popular PT6A turboprop and turboshafts for helicopters to larger turboprops for regional airliners and turbofans for business jets. The worldwide fleet of engines has achieved 700 million flight hours and clocks over 30 million more annually. The company has also taken on the parent […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Aftermarket specialist AAR has signed a contract to provide European leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines with power-by-the-hour (PBH) component inventory management and repair services on its fleet of 17 A320 and A321 aircraft. AAR said the new long-term contract further extends its PBH programme and integrated supply chain services across Europe. It will manage the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Airbus Group further integrates by merging its Group structure with its largest division Airbus Commercial Aircraft into a new entity. The Board of Directors of Airbus Group approved a respective proposal by the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders. “Already in July, we launched a transformation programme that is heavily focused on digitalisation of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Japan Airlines extended its parts inventory agreement with Boeing for another 10 years—through 2026. The GoldCare Expendables contract covers 125,000 parts across four aircraft types: the Boeing 737NG, 787, 777 and 767. Neither company disclosed the contract’s value. GoldCare Expendables previously was called Integrated Material Management. “Boeing is pleased to continue our long-standing partnership with […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.’s first MRJ90 test aircraft has arrived at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, where it will build hours toward type certification. The aircraft, FTA-1, took off from Nagoya in Japan at 1328 (JST) on Sept. 26 and arrived at Grant County at 0944 (JST) Sept. 29, or 1744 local time […]